Touchstone

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Touchstone is the witty and sharp-tongued court jester in Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his clever wordplay and satirical commentary.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Touchstone canonical 8

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean fool ⓘ
court jester ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
accompanies Celia ⓘ
Rosalind ⓘ
appearsInWork As You Like It ⓘ
associatedWithSetting Duke Frederick’s court ⓘ
Forest of Arden ⓘ
commentsOn courtly life ⓘ
pastoral life ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
contrastsWith Jaques ⓘ
linked to: Jacques

Orlando ⓘ
Rosalind ⓘ
createdBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
embodies wise fool archetype ⓘ
engagesIn philosophical banter ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
firstAppearance As You Like It, Act I ⓘ
linked to: As You Like It
genreOfWork comedy ⓘ
hasTrait clever ⓘ
cynical ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ
loyal to his mistress ⓘ
influences later depictions of the Shakespearean fool type ⓘ
knownFor satirical commentary ⓘ
sharp tongue ⓘ
witty wordplay ⓘ
languageStyle prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
loveInterest Audrey ⓘ
marries Audrey ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
nationalityOfAuthor English ⓘ
occupation court jester ⓘ
partOf Shakespearean canon of comic characters ⓘ
ridicules Corin ⓘ
William (the country fellow) ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
commentator on other characters ⓘ
serves Duke Frederick ⓘ
travelsTo Forest of Arden ⓘ
usedFor meta-theatrical commentary ⓘ
social satire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

As You Like It → featuresCharacter → Touchstone ⓘ
Corin → associatedWith → Touchstone ⓘ
Corin → contrastsWith → Touchstone ⓘ
Touchstone and Audrey → hasMember → Touchstone ⓘ
Audrey → romanticallyInvolvedWith → Touchstone ⓘ
subject linked to: Touchstone and Audrey
Audrey → marries → Touchstone ⓘ
subject linked to: Touchstone and Audrey